Perpetuum Mobile
Between people's ideals and their fulfillment
There will always exist a difference in level,
Which surpasses the highest waterfall.
Nevertheless we can use rationally
This fall of expectations by building on it
Something like a hydroelectric power station.
With the energy obtained this way,
Even if we can't do more than light our cigarettes,
Still, this is quite something,
As while we smoke,
We can seriously
Think of even greater ideals.
poem by Marin Sorescu from The Youth of Don Quixote (1968), translated by Catalina Iliescu
Added by Dan Costinaş
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1 gabri truth said on 08 February 2018: |
| Verbozitate, spatierea neconforma cu originalul lui Marin Sorescu, topica si vocabularul mai necesita imbunatatiri!!! |